The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-11-12
STATE NEWS.

TIE Arena Eye says D. ". Inman
has demonstrated that cotton can be
grown in this state. For several years
in succession he has planted in the
open soil in his garden cotton-seed
imported from Georgia, aad has sue
ceeded in maturing it lot only 10 the
bursting of bolls, but also to the ripen-
iag OF It's seed.
THE employees OF Rood & Maxwell,
the failed lumbermen OF Washhurn,
have been paid. Their claims aggre-
gated $4,000.
c. Fl. OLIVER, q saloonkeeper VINO
came to Ashland from st. Paul in July
last, and opened a place, has eioped
with Mrs. n. d. Gaylord, the wife OF
well-to-1o and respectable carpenter
with whom Oliver boarded. Mrs.
Gaylord is 40 years old and leaves g
daughter aged 7 years. Oliver is her
junior by several years, but is said TO
have p wife and child in st. Paul. Mr.
and Mrs. Gaylord lived together for
thirteen years.
THE farmhouse Of Jacob Hanson,
situated iust outside the city OF Stur-
aeon Bay, was totally destroyed by
fire. The cause was g detective tiue.
Most of the furniture In the lower
story was saved with no insurance.
The dwelling was insured for 5000.
AuvlCEs from BeIlevilIe, Dane
County, state that q number OF boxes
Of dynamite cartridges used by con-
strUction men on the Chicago, Madi-
son & Northern Road, exploded with
terrible force, wreckinc the ehed in
which they were stored and damag
ing dwellings for miles around. A
workman who was near the
shed when the explosion oc-
CURED was blown about ten
feet in the air, but escaped uniniured.
The shock was felt for miles. In the
village of Paolia, several miles distant,
doors were thrown open and windows
were broken. There was more damage
sustained one, two or three miles
away than near by the scene of the
explosion. Fortunately there wae no
bodily injury to any one.
HENRY HAHN, g Sturgeon Bay hotel
proprietor, is dead at the age of 65.
He has resided IN Door County twenty
years
FRED NICKEL, of Montana, Buffalo
County, formerly g. preacher OF the
German Methodist Church, OF Graves
vile, has been arrested TO answer to
a charge OF obtaining monay under
false pretenses. In default OF $500
bail he goes to jail.
JOHN PULcZINsKI, g, Pole, who has
g. Z
drank q quantity OF poor Milwaukee
whisky on the st, and under It's Ia
f1uance fatally stabbed his brother
Anton.
WILLIAM T. H. MCGOWAN, q milk
man, was Ellied IN q runaway acel-
dent a5 Milwaukee on the LIST inst.
The farm house OF John Muzzy,
with most OF its contents, at Dells
City, twenty-three miles east Of Eau
Claire, was destroyed by fire. Total
loss, 50, 200: insurance, $500.
GEORGE AINswoRTH. s. freshman 81
the State University at Madison, was
accidentally shot in the arm while
hunting.
HERMAN BERKHOLTz, aged 6 years,
son Of q. Berkhoitz, OF the town OF
Summer, north CT Eau Claire, got hold
of his fathers shotgun, which was
loaded, and pointing it at his 3-year-
old brother, discharged the weapon,
the load taking effect below the abdo-
men, causing q wound that resulted
fatally.
THE government overflow commits
sion has reported on fifty-one claims
for damages, refusing damages in ev-
cry instance,
r. C. THwAITs, corresponding secre-
tary Of the State Historical Society,
has written book on historic water
ways of Wisconsin, which will soon be
issued.
A MAN named Peter Carlson, said to
have his home in Chicago, Left q camp
near Shell Lake O week ago and has
not been seen or heard from since. \
considerable amount was due him for
labor, and leaving his clothing at his
boarding house, it Is thought that he
met with q fatal accident Or commit
ted suicide.
l.. ". JACOBS. city editor of tie
Madison News, is dead at the age OF
27 years.
JUDGE ELISHA PIKE, a pioneer OF
Bayfield, County, is dead at the age OF
rs years.
DURING the past twenty years, 10l
divorces have been granted in Brown
County.
IT has finally been decided to remove
the lutheran Seminary from Madi-
son to Minneapolis.
THE latest report in regard to the
Rood & Maxwell affair is that the mill
will soon be running for g short time,
C.C.Thompson &Walker Lumber Com
papy, OF Chicago, having some logs IN
the bay at Washburn which they will
saw By permission of the creditors.
The creditors of Rood, Maxwell &
Chatfeld are now holding a meeting
for the purpose OF appointing COM
nittee of three to look after the inter
ests of ell. Arrangements have about
been perfected whereby the worzmen
viii get their pay soon, some or the
moneyed creditors furnishing the
cash.
JAMES HOWARD, q stevedore, died
at Passavant Hospital. Milwaukee,
on the Both, from wounds alleged TO
have been received at the hands OF q
fellow workman named William
Hughes, who has since disappeared. =
l.. NJ. WAsnBURE, who was ap-
pointed receiver for a. W, Lawrence
& Co., merchants and mill owners,
has filed bond in the sum OF $780,
000. ard taken charge or the firm 3